



Pixel Flesh
How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
'A brilliant clarion call for better' GINA MARTIN
'A must read' ROXIE NAFOUSI
'An essential mirror reflecting the profound impact of beauty culture on our lives' CHLOÉ COOPER JONES
A generation defining exposé of toxic beauty culture and the realities of coming of age online
We are living in a new age of beauty. With advancements in cosmetic surgery, augmented reality face filters, photo editing apps, and exposure to more images than ever, we have the ability to craft a version of ourselves that we want everyone to see. We pinch, pull, squeeze, tweeze, smooth and slice ourselves beyond recognition. But is our beauty culture truly empowering? Are we really in control?
In Pixel Flesh, Ellen Atlanta holds a mirror up to our modern beauty ideal and the harm it is doing to women all around the world. Weaving in her own personal story with those of other women, she reconfigures our obsession with the cult of beauty and explores the realities of living in a digitally obsessed world where the pressure to present yourself both virtually and in person is all-consuming.
Providing an eye-opening account of the realities young women face under a dominant industry, Pixel Flesh unmasks the absurdities of the dystopia we find ourselves living in. Both a rallying cry and a refusal to suffer in silence, this is the defining book on what it feels like to exist as a woman today.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This is an incredibly interesting—if utterly terrifying—read. Ellen Atlanta explores the impact of digital and social media on female beauty ideals in the modern world, and its relationship to the self-esteem and self-perception of young women and girls. It’s a clear-eyed analysis of a culture sold to us as empowering, that questions whether with celebrities like Kylie Jenner are problematic, deeply influential role models. Atlanta’s deep dive into the exploitation of feminist language by the beauty industry is particularly fascinating, as is her impressive capturing of everything from “Blackfishing” to augmented reality via reality TV shows. It’s not just a despairing howl into the abyss, however—there’s a manifesto for positive change lying within its pages that will hopefully reach its intended audience.